WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/6/JOR/15 
27 September 2010 
 (10-4892) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION  
AND THE REASONS FOR IT 
 
JORDAN 
 
(Clinker
) 
 
  The following communication, dated 20 September 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Jordan.   
 
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  In accordance with Article 12.1(a) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, Jordan hereby 
notifies the Committee on Safeguards that the National Production Protection Directorate (NPPD) in 
the Ministry of Industry and Trade has initiated its safeguards investigation on "Clinker" as the 
following:    
1. Specify the date when the investigation was initiated 
 In accordance with Article 12(c) of the "Jorda nian Regulation on Safeguard No. (55) of the 
year 2000" (REGULATION), the date of initiation of the safeguards investigation is 16 September 2010.  
2. Specify the product subject to investigation 
 The product subject to the investigation is the "Clinker" under the tariff heading (25231000) 
of the Jordanian Harmonised Tariff System.
 
 
3. Provide the reasons for the initiation of investigation 
(i) Was the investigation initiated pursuant to a petition from the domestic industry? 
 and 
(ii) Evidence on the basis of which the investigation was initiated. 
 
According to article (7) of "the Nationa l Production Protection Law No. (21) of the 
year 2004" (LAW) and Article (35) of the REGULATION, the Minister of Industry and Trade decided to self-initiate the in vestigation upon the recommendation of the 
National Production Protection Directorate (NPPD) that was based on a sufficient 
evidence of the existence of increasing of im ports of the Clinker, that caused serious 
injury to the domestic industry producing similar product. 
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  NPPD analyzed the statistics of the imports  of Clinker and observed an unexpected, 
significant increase of imports during the period of 2009 to 2010, in absolute and relative terms.  The economic indicators of the domestic industry were also analyzed, 
and there was a significant decline in its pr oduction, sales, productivity, market share, 
capacity utilization and profits and losses th at were simultaneously connected with 
the increase in imports. 
 Accordingly, NPPD preliminary determined  that the increase of imports of Clinker 
caused serious injury to domestic industr y and concluded that there was sufficient 
evidence that justify the initiation of the i nvestigation.  According to the LAW and 
REGULATION, NPPD recommended to the Minister of Industry and Trade the 
initiation of an investigation and imposi ng a provisional safeguard measure.  The 
Minister in his turn decided to initiate the investigation and he also recommended to the Tariff Council the application of a provi sional safeguard measure and will make 
its recommendation to the Council of Ministers for taking the final decision. 
 
(iii) Evidence, if any, of critical circumstances where delay would cause damage which it 
would be difficult to repair. 
 
Imports of the subject product have significantly increased in absolute terms 
by 223098 per cent in the second quarter of 2010 compared to the same period of 
2009.  (101 ton of Clinker was imported  in the second quarter of 2009 while 
225430 ton was imported in the second quarter of  2010).  It was also noticed that the 
imports in relative terms have significantly  increased in the second quarter of 2010 
by 40 per cent compared to 0.01 per cent in same period of 2009.  
This shows clearly that the increase of impor ts in both absolute and relative terms, 
that was massive and continuous, caused injury  to the domestic industry in terms of a 
decline of the economic indicators mentioned above.  The imports were increased sharply in the period of investigation, an ar e expected to continue in the same trend 
that put the domestic industry in a critical situation and necessitate taking an immediate action in the form of a provisional safeguard measure. 
 
4. Point of contact for the investigation: 
 
Eng. Hassan Al-Omari Director of the National Production Protection Directorate (NPPD)  
Fax:  +962 6 5685116 
Tel:  +962 6 5629030 ext. 101 E-mail:  hassan.o@mit.gov.jo Website:  www.mit.gov.jo 
 
5. Deadlines and procedures for importers, ex porters and other interested parties to 
present evidence and their view: 
 
(i) Deadlines and procedures for Members and  exporters to identify themselves as 
interested parties, if so required, to participate in the investigation: 
 
• Deadline for the identification of the in terested parties:  6 October 2010. 
• Deadline for providing written statements, information, etc, to NPPD:  
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  (ii) The date of an intended public he aring as provided for in Article 3.1 
 
According to the Jordanian legislation, public  hearing will be held upon the request of 
any of the interested parties and all the parties will be informed and invited to 
participate. 
 
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